[LUAU] Re: [AWN] Wi-Fi traffic jam in Hawaii

[Jim Thompson]

OK, but it was Nam you quoted, not me.

On Jun 2, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Glenn Fleishman wrote:

> Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> on 6/1/05 at 12:08 PM wrote:
>
>
>>> I've very much enjoyed our discussion.  I think we are not as far
>>> off as we
>>> may seem.  I agree that eventually Wi-Fi may turn free, I'm just not
>>> convinced it will be any time soon.
>>>
>
> I'll tell this group of cc'd folks what I've been saying for a  
> couple of years: Wi-Fi access in public venues will get split into  
> at least two categories, although I now think it might be five total:
>
> * Free, one business: fits the coffeeshop model, more trouble to  
> charge than not, brings in people during slack moments
> * Free, commercially supported: NewburyOpen.Net model in which a  
> chamber of commerce, business district, set of businesses, or a  
> chain (like Panera) decides free Wi-Fi is in their financial  
> interests to bring people in
> * Free, amenity: It's a toilet, for chrissakes, and it's cheaper to  
> install and run than to change the carpets on two floors of the  
> hotel or motel
> * Free, municipal: serves the municipal interest in some fashion to  
> have free Wi-Fin parks, city buildings
>
> * Fee, bundled: When you can get access to 30,000 hotspots in the  
> U.S. for a fixed $20 to $30 per month added onto a cable, cell,  
> landline, or DSL bill (or some combination of those), a lot of  
> people will. When you're a businessperson and you don't pay your  
> own expenses and your company expects you to be a 100-percent  
> reachable, your company will pay the negotiated fleet rate of $20  
> per month per user or the iPass metered model to average use across  
> a company.
> --
> Glenn Fleishman
> seattle . washington
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